A sound and light show and a new year race: photos of the day – Tuesday

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  • Washington, DC, US

    Visitors to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery gaze at a Norman Rockwell portrait of former president Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office of the White House, draped in black mourning cloth. Flags flew at half-mast across the US on 30 December as global tributes poured in for the longest-lived US president, who died aged 100

    People look at a picture of Carter
  • Seoul, South Korea

    Supporters of the impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, stage a rally near the presidential residence. A Seoul court issued a warrant to detain the impeached president over his botched martial law imposition, making him the first sitting South Korean president to face arrest

    People hold banners in support of Yoon
  • Damascus, Syria

    A fighter of the ruling Syrian body at Damascus international airport, after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad

    A figure walks through a doorway
  • Gaza city, Gaza

    Heavy rain worsens conditions for Palestinians living in makeshift tents in Nuseirat camp

    A person tries to clear muddy water from the entrance of a tent
  • Ashkelon, Israel

    Lightning strikes over the city at night

    Lightning in a dark sky over a nighttime cityscape
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina

    A woman mourns during the 20th anniversary of the República Cromañón disco fire, in which 194 young people were killed and hundreds injured. The names of the victims are painted on the exterior walls of the wrecked nightclub

    A woman holds her hands to her face as others look on
  • Berlin, Germany

    The chancellor, Olaf Scholz, sits in front of the backdrop of the Reichstag illuminated by spotlights during a photo session after the recording of his new year address in the Chancellery

    Scholz sits next to the Germany and EU flags with the Reichstag illuminated by spotlight in the background
  • Wonsan, North Korea

    Kim Jong-un and his daughter, Kim Ju-ae, visit the newly-built Kalma coastal tourist area in Wonsan

    Kim Jong-un points at something as he walks on a beach with his daughter Kim Ju-ae
  • Sydney, Australia

    The 9pm fireworks are seen during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney

    Fireworks light up the sky above the Sydney opera house and harbour
  • The Hague, Netherlands

    People watch the annual bonfire at Scheveningen beach. The wood piles on the beach are traditionally set on fire at the turn of the year, but due to the expected bad weather conditions, the bonfire has been lit a day earlier

    A crowd of people watch a large bonfiire on a beach at night
  • Lyon, France

    A sound and light show is projected onto the facade of the Notre Dame de Fourvière basilica

    A sound and light show is projected on to the basilica
  • Haworth, England

    Competitors in fancy dress prepare to run across the Pennine tops near Haworth, West Yorkshire, in the annual Auld Lang Syne fell race, which attracts hundreds of runners every year

    Two people dressed in pink and with pink hair smiling
  • Vigo, Spain

    The traditional seasonal lights of the Spanish city of Vigo attract crowds of visitors

    Festive illuminations
  • Seoul, South Korea

    People take pictures as they observe the last sunset of the year on a viewing deck at Namsan tower

    People hold up phones to take pictures on the  sun setting over the city's tower blocks
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